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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XXVI - XXXI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the coach begin to move across the Great American Desert?
(a) On the nineteenth day of the trip.
(b) On the twenty-first day of the trip.
(c) On the eighteenth day of the trip.
(d) On the twenty-second day of the trip.

2. What is the author's goal in Roughing It?
(a) To travel across the country three times within a year.
(b) To become rich with as much effort as it takes.
(c) To travel across the country twice within a year.
(d) To become rich with little effort.

3. What is noted as particularly impressive about the style of the book?
(a) Only its vocabulary.
(b) Only its descriptions.
(c) Its vocabulary, descriptions, and longevity.
(d) Only its longevity.

4. In the story the narrator tells, how is Hank Monk taken to his destination?
(a) At high speed in a stagecoach.
(b) Slowly in a stagecoach.
(c) At high speed on horseback.
(d) Slowly on horseback.

5. How does the desert wanderer react when he is prevented from telling the same story about Hank Monk?
(a) He dies.
(b) He jumps off the stagecoach.
(c) He falls asleep.
(d) He begins telling jokes.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the book take place?

2. How much do the seats aboard the mail coach heading towards Carson City cost for the narrator and his brother?

3. How many days have the travelers been riding in the stage coach when they encounter the Goshoot Indians?

4. What is Twain examining in Roughing It?

5. Where is Hebert C. Kimball from?

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